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Daniel Marshall Pierce (born March 31, 1928) is an American lawyer and politician from Illinois. He has served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and as Mayor of Highland Park, Illinois. He currently serves as a trustee on the North Shore Water Reclamation District.

Early life

Pierce was born March 31, 1928 in Chicago. His family moved to the North Shore where he graduated from New Trier High School. He earned degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He served in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps during the Korean War. While in the Air Force, he attended the United States Air Force Command & Staff School. He then took a position with Altheimer, Gray, Naiburg, Strasburger & Lawton where he would remain for the remainder of his legal career.^[1]^[2]

Illinois House of Representatives

In an unusual election, Pierce ran on a statewide ballot after the Illinois Supreme Court ordered an at large election for all 177 members of the Illinois House; the result of partisan gridlock preventing the completion of the decennial reapportionment process.^[2]

After a 1965 Illinois Supreme Court Case to resolve the redistricting issue, Pierce's Highland Park home was drawn into the 32nd district which consisted of Algonquin, Dorr,

Grafton, and Nunda townships in McHenry County and Cuba, Deerfield, Ela, Fremont, Libertyville,

During his tenure, he was a member of the Democratic Study Group, a caucus of independent, liberal Democrats. His role in this organization earned him a nominal spot on the leadership team of then-Minority Leader Clyde L. Choate.^[4] Pierce served as a delegate for Edmund Muskie in the 1972 Democratic presidential primary.^[4] He was in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment.^[5] He served as Chairman of the House Revenue Committee, the Mental Health Investigating Committee, the Energy and Environment Committee, the Illinois Economic Fiscal Commission, and the Energy Resources Commission He served on the House Public Utilities Committee and as House Minority Whip for two terms.^[2]

Pierce explored running for the Democratic nomination for Illinois Attorney General in the 1982 primary, but stepped aside after failing to be slated by the Cook County Democratic Party in favor of Neil Hartigan. Hartigan would go on to beat incumbent Tyrone C. Fahner.^[6] In 1983, rather than run for an eleventh term, Pierce chose to retire. He was succeeded by fellow Democrat and former Lake County Clerk Grace Mary Stern.^[7]

Mayor of Highland Park

Pierce was elected Mayor of Highland Park in 1987 and reelected in 1991. In 1995, he was defeated for a third term by Trustee Raymond Geraci. He defeated Geraci in the 1999 election and served a final term from 1999 to 2003.^[8]^[9]

Other political activities

Pierce is currently the President of the North Shore Water Reclamation District, a position he has served in for over a decade.^[10] Pierce is also a member of the Central Committee for the Democratic Party of Illinois from Illinois's 10th congressional district. He has served on the central committee at various times since no later than the 1960s, when he was the committeeman from what was then Illinois's 12th congressional district.^[1]

References

1. ^¹{{cite book|author=|title=Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968|page=255|publisher=Illinois Secretary of State|location=Springfield, Illinois|url= http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/20934|year=1968|accessdate=July 24, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1194.html|title=State Politics|last=Devine|first=Michael J.|year=2005|journal=Encyclopedia of Chicago|publisher=Chicago Historical Society|location=Chicago, Illinois}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=|title=Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968|chapter=Representative Reapportionment: Legal Descriptions for Cook County Representative Districts Other Than Cook County|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/20934|location=Springfield, Illinois|publisher=Illinois Secretary of State|page=255 & 327|date=|isbn=}}
4. ^¹{{cite book|last=Barber|first=Charles M.|title=Judge Aaron Jaffe: Reforming Illinois: A Progressive Tackles State Government|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Bloomington, Indiana|date=April 4, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=150498384X|accessdate=July 24, 2017}}
5. ^{{cite magazine|author=|title=Downstate candidates for Illinois House|magazine=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|location=Springfield, Illinois|date=October 1978|page=11}}
6. ^{{cite magazine|last=Kieckhefer|first=Robert|title=Is slate making passe?|magazine=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|location=Springfield, Illinois|date=January 1982|accessdate=July 24, 2017|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1982/ii820102.html}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Glencoe man chosen to challenge Stern|newspaper=Daily Herald|location=Arlington Heights, Illinois|date=December 12, 1985|accessdate=July 24, 2017|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-herald-suburban-chicago-dec-12-1985-p-5}}{{paywall}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-04-28/news/9504280370_1_highland-park-city-hall-legislature|last=Kuczka|first=Susan|title=Highland Park Has A Friend In Ex-mayor|date=April 28, 1995|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|accessdate=July 25, 2017}}
9. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HR&DocNum=273&GAID=3&LegID=6852&SpecSess=&Session=|title=Full Text of House Resolution 0273 93rd General Assembly|publisher=Illinois General Assembly|location=Springfield, Illinois|date=May 9, 2003|accessdate=July 24, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151230/news/151239937/|author=|title=Pierce remains leader at North Shore Sanitary District|date=December 30, 2015|newspaper=Daily Herald|location=Arlington Heights, Illinois|accessdate=July 25, 2017}}